Around 4,000 BMC officers have decided to go on mass casual leave from December 10 to protest the administration's refusal to heed their demand for finalising revision of grades. Brihanmumbai Municipal Engineers Union's (BMEU) general secretary Prakash Devdas said: ``The administration settled this issue with regard to 1,36,000 employees long ago, but has dragged its feet for a long time in finalising revision of grades in case of 4,000 officers.''

Bail rejected in Sairaj case

The bail plea of 75-year-old Kantabai Chavan, one of the owners of the plot which was handed over for construction of Sairaj building, Thane, was rejected by Thane Additional Sessions judge B M Sardeshpande today. The Sairaj crash in November claimed 17 lives. Public prosecutor R J Kadri said power of attorney which the applicant claims to have given to her son had been given for illegal work. Her plea should be rejected on this ground alone, he argued.